Sept. 11: (L-R) Tommy Helms, Tom Browning, Cesar Geronimo, Pete Rose, Tony Perez and Eric Davis take in the ceremony celebrating the 25th anniversary of Rose breaking the career hit record of 4,192 on September 11, 2010 at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio. Andy Lyons, Getty Images

Former Cincinnati Reds baseball player Pete Rose holds up a copy of his new book titled" My Life Without Bars" during a book signing in New York City 09 January 2004. TIMOTHY A. CLARY, AFP/Getty Images

After an unsuccessful attempt to throw overhand to the plate, Pete Rose shifted to an underhand toss to throw out the first pitch at a Florence Freedom game in September of 2014. The Enquirer/Patrick Reddy

(Left to right) Former Cincinnati Reds George Foster?, Dave Concepcion? and Pete Rose wait in the dugout tunnel for their introductions during Great Eight festivities in September of 2013. Enquirer file

It is 100 days from Major League Baseball's Opening Day to this year's All-Star Game -- and it just so happens that there have been exactly 100 players who have represented the Reds at the Midsummer Classic. The Enquirer is counting down the days beginning April 5 to this year's game at Great American Ball Park on July 14 by profiling each of the previous Reds All-Stars.

Born: April 14, 1941Positions: OF, 1B, 3BAll-Star selections: 17 (1965, 1967-71, 1973-82, 1985), 13 as a RedASG stats:Rose had seven hits in 33 career All-Star Game at-bats, as well as one controversial play at the plate in the 1970 Midsummer Classic. In a play that came to define Rose's play and personality, he rocketed toward home plate from second base in the 12th inning of the 1970 All-Star Game at Riverfront Stadium and collided with AL catcher Ray Fosse. Rose scored, giving the NL a 5-4 win.Reds' career: 19 seasons - .307/.379/.425, 152 HR, 1,036 RBI, 1,741 R. All-time career hits leader (4,256), 1973 MVP winner, two-time Gold Glove winner (1969-70), three-time NL batting champion (.335, .348, .338 in 1968, 1969 and 1973, respectively), .321 career postseason batting average. Memorable Reds moment: Hit No. 4,192. In his second stint with the Reds after five years in Philadelphia, Rose returned to Cincinnati where, on Sept. 11, 1985, he broke Ty Cobb's career hits record of 4,191 hits. And he did it before a capacity Riverfront Stadium crowd.

"It happened quickly," wrote then-Enquirer reporter John Erardi. "At the bottom of the first inning. Rose was the second batter. It was 11 minutes into the game, at 8:01 p.m."

Said Brennaman of the scene: "And Pete being hoisted on the shoulders of a couple of his teammates, Tony Perez and Dave Concepcion. The last two of the old guard from the Big Red Machine days of the '70s. And now, as his teammates go back to the dugout, Reds owner Marge Schott comes out to give Pete a great big hug and kiss."

Jim Borgman cartoon, Pete Rose, Reds, gambling, July 20, 1990. Borgman: "There was no joy for me in chronicling Pete Rose's headfirst dive into infamy. My brother and I still have a ball autographed for us during his rookie season." Scanned from Jim Borgman: My 25 Years at the Cincinnati Enquirer